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INTRACO : blazing a trail overseas for Singapore? / Faizal Bin Yahya, Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore.
Lippincott Library HC445.8 .Y34 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yahya, Faizal, 1965- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Government holding companies.
- Economic policy.
- Singapore--Economic policy.
- Singapore.
- Government holding companies--Singapore.
- Government corporations--Singapore.
- Government corporations.
- Investments, Singaporean.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 164 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- International Trading Company
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2014]
- Summary:
- "Through the lens of the now-defunct Singapore government-linked company (GLC) called International Trading Company (INTRACO), this book offers a historical analysis of the country's economic development strategy"--Backcover.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 INTRACO and Its Role in the Economic Development of Singapore 1
- Chapter 2 Government-linked Companies and Sogo Shoshas 15
- Chapter 3 State-guided Capitalism 31
- Chapter 4 "National Service" - 1960s to 1980s 47
- Chapter 5 Internationalisation and "Rough Waters" - 1980s to 1990 73
- Chapter 6 Post-cold War and Globalisation - 1990 to 2000 99
- Chapter 7 Devolving a Government-linked Company - 2000 to 2003 119
- Chapter 8 Conclusion 133.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-159) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789814623865
- 9814623865
- 9789814656818
- 981465681X
- OCLC:
- 894540788
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